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Samuel Rolt, Lessee or tenant of the Alderton manorial demesnes
Dates: Active late 17th and early 18th century; died 1722 according to the Grafton Estate account
Samuel Rolt was an early eighteenth-century occupant and lessee associated with the Alderton estate. He is reported to have demolished part of the former mansion before his death…
View historical person →Samuel Sheldon alias Lesingham, Esquire, Sheldon landowner and vendor of Abberton Manor
Dates: Vendor in 1829; exact dates not established here
Samuel Sheldon alias Lesingham is identified in the VCH-derived account as the person who sold Abberton Manor to William Laslett in 1829.
View historical person →Samuel Thornton, Banker, Governor of the Bank of England, and holder of Albury Manor
Dates: 1754-1838
Samuel Thornton was a banker and Governor of the Bank of England who bought Albury in 1800 and used it as his residence.
View historical person →Samuel Vanderwall, London merchant of Lincoln's Inn
Samuel Vanderwall acquired Aldenham in 1754 and devised it to his stepson Thomas Neate.
View historical person →Samuel Vandewall or Vanderwall, London merchant
Dates: Eighteenth century; dates not securely established
Samuel Vandewall or Vanderwall was a wealthy London merchant who purchased Aldenham in 1754. Local historical accounts state that he later devised the property to his stepson Thomas…
View historical person →Sara de Darbye
Dates: fl. 1346
A woman recorded in 1346 in connection with lands at Derbies Court and payment of a quarter of a knight's-fee aid.
View historical person →Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, wife of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, courtier and landowner
Dates: 5 June 1660 – 18 October 1744
Sarah Churchill was a leading court figure under Queen Anne and wife of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. She held a documented leasehold interest in Agney in…
View historical person →Sarah de Vescy and Robert de Ufford, Sarah: Vescy heiress, Robert: royal official and landholder
Dates: dates not established in the cited source
Sarah de Vescy transmitted the Aldringham inheritance into the Ufford family through her marriage to Robert de Ufford.
View historical person →Sarah Hodges, née Fowler
Dates: 18th century
Sister of Sir Hans Fowler and daughter of the Fowler family associated with Abbey Cwmhir. The 1875 account identifies her as the successor to the Abbey Cwmhir estate…
View historical person →Savage Mostyn, Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy
Dates: c. 1711–1757
A Royal Navy vice-admiral who purchased the Middleton manor in 1757 and left it to his nephew Roger Mostyn on his death later that year.
View historical person →Savoy Hospital, Royal hospital and charitable institution founded by Edward VI at the former Savoy site in London
Dates: Founded 1550; suppressed 1553
The Savoy Hospital was a royal hospital established in London during the reign of Edward VI. The registry records that Robert Ansty granted Allens and the neighbouring Lordship…
View historical person →Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater, 4th Earl of Bridgwater, 5th Viscount Brackley
Dates: 1681-1744
Egerton nobleman who purchased Aldbury from the 4th Duke of Leeds in 1736.
View historical person →Scrope family of Masham, Lords of Ainderby manor within the Scrope estate
Dates: 14th century to 1517 in relation to the Ainderby estate
A major Yorkshire noble family whose Masham estate included Ainderby Steeple for much of the fourteenth, fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
View historical person →Scudamore descendants and co-heirs, Members and co-heirs of the Scudamore landed family
Dates: After 1671-1821
The Scudamore family retained the Dore estate through successive generations until its division among co-heirs in 1821.
View historical person →See of Bath and Wells, Bishopric of Bath and Wells
Dates: Episcopal see; institutional holder from 1205 until the Dissolution period
The bishopric held Abson and Wick after Glastonbury Abbey relinquished its rights in 1205.
View historical person →Selby Abbey, Benedictine abbey of St Germanus
Dates: Abbey founded in 1069; surrendered to the Crown on 6 December 1539
A major Benedictine monastery in Yorkshire whose medieval possessions included land and rights in Acaster Selby. Its estates were surrendered to the Crown at the Dissolution in 1539.
View historical person →Serlo de Cornerthe
A medieval landholder associated with Cornard and the de Cornerthe or de Cornard family. The surviving summary gives no secure personal dates or fuller biography.
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